Fagan Harris is the CEO of Baltimore Corps and cofounder/Director of the Aspen Institute's Impact Careers Initiative. Baltimore Corps recruits results-oriented professionals, locally and nationally, to scale the impact of leading social change organizations in Baltimore. The Aspen Institute Impact Careers Initiative’s mission is to identify the institutional barriers holding talented millennials back from impact careers.
Fagan graduated from Stanford University with his B.A. in political science and American studies in 2009. He attended the University of Limerick for an M.A. in human rights and criminal justice. Fagan also attended the University of Oxford and was the recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship. His previous work experience includes time with College Track and the White House Council for Community Solutions. Fagan is an Emerson Collective Fellow. As part of the Emerson Collective, Fagan served as the Chair of National Outreach for The Dream is Now, a campaign for common sense immigration reform.
Todd Gitlin is a sociologist, political writer, novelist and cultural commentator. Todd received his B.A. in mathematics from Harvard, an M.A. in political science from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley. He helped to organize the first national demonstration movement against the Vietnam War. Todd was the president of Students for a Democratic Society, a 1960s student activist movement in the U.S., as part of the New Left movement. Todd has authored 15 books and hundreds of articles found in publications such as The New York Times and The Washington Post. He’s a professor of journalism and sociology at Columbia University, where he serves as chair of the Ph.D. program in Communications. Todd is the recipient of the Bosch Berlin Prize in Public Policy and he is a Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin.
Dr. David Fajgenbaum is the Executive Director and cofounder of the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network, whose mission is to accelerate research, treatment and patient care through global collaboration, strategic investments in research and support for patients and their loved ones. Castleman disease is a rare disorder involving proliferation of cells in the body’s lymphatic, or immune, system. David and CDCN have taken an innovative approach to overcome many hurdles.
David Fajgenbaum has been battling Castleman disease since 2010. He received a BS in Human Sciences with Distinction from Georgetown University. As an undergraduate, he was awarded USA Today’s 2007 Academic All-American First-team honors. He studied for a Masters in Public Health from the University of Oxford as the 2007 Joseph L. Allbritton Scholar. David earned his MD from the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and his MBA from the Wharton School. At Wharton, he was the Irwin D. Mandel Fellow and recipient of the William Kissick Scholarship, Joseph Wharton Award and Eilers Health Care Management Award. Before CDCN, David cofounded the National Students of AMF Support Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting college students grieving the illness or death of a loved one.
Amy Sample Ward is the CEO of NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network, an international nonprofit organization whose mission is to enable members to strategically use technology to make the world a better and more equitable place. NTEN connects members to each other, provides professional development opportunities, educates their constituency on issues of technology use in nonprofits and spearheads groundbreaking research, advocacy and education on technology issues affecting our entire community.
Amy graduated Summa Cum Laude from Valparaiso University, where she studied English and New Media Journalism. She is a speaker, author and trainer who has spoken at events around the world, such as the Nonprofit Technology Conference and SXSW Interactive. In 2013, Amy co-authored Social Change Anytime Everywhere: How to implement online multichannel strategies to spark advocacy, raise money, and engage your community with Allyson Kapin. She is also the co-author of Social by Social, a handbook in using social technologies for social impact.
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Nick Stellino was born and raised in Palermo, Sicily. In addition to his successful career as a chef, Nick has been featured on multiple television series and published 10 cookbooks. His cooking shows air on public television stations throughout America and are syndicated in Latin America. Nick is a major supporter of the American Red Cross, whose mission is to prevent and alleviate human suffering during emergencies by mobilizing volunteers and the generosity of donors. Each year, Nick prepares the menu for the Red Cross annual Red Tie Affair diner in Santa Monica, California. He is also dedicated to raising donations for the organization.
Liz Maw is the CEO of Net Impact, a leading nonprofit that empowers a new generation to use their careers to drive transformational change in the workplace and the world. At the heart of Net Impact’s community are over 60,000 student and professional leaders from over 300 volunteer-led chapters across the globe working for a sustainable future. Liz received a BA with honors from Yale University and an MBA from Columbia Business School and the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. Before joining Net Impact, Liz provided strategic consulting to nonprofits with The Bridgespan Group. She was also involved with fundraising and direct marketing for nonprofit organizations in New York City and Washington, D.C. Liz is a frequent speaker and writer, with blogs appearing in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Huffington Post, GreenBiz and World Economic Forum, which recognized Liz as a Young Global Leader in 2010. In 2011, Liz was named one of the 100 most influential people in business ethics by Ethisphere. Liz is a Board Member of the World Environment Center.
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Andreas Merkl is the CEO of Ocean Conservancy, whose mission is the development of new solutions for a changing ocean. Ocean Conservancy educates and empowers citizens to take action on behalf of the ocean. Andreas holds an MBA with distinction from Harvard University, a master’s degree in Regional Planning and Natural Resource Analysis from the University of California at Berkeley and a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from the University of California at Santa Cruz. Prior to his role with Ocean Conservancy, Andreas was a founding member of McKinsey & Company's Environmental Practice and served as Vice President and co-founder of the CH2M HILL Strategy Group, a leading provider of environmental management consulting services worldwide. He is particularly interested in the connected challenges of ocean ecosystem decline and climate change.
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Sasha Fisher, cofounder and executive director of Spark Microgrants, works to create a world in which all can live with dignity and determine their own positive futures. Spark Microgrants catalyzes rural communities facing poverty into action. Spark promotes a ‘community-driven, expert supported’ model for development, where local communities are the primary drivers of social change, but have the support and advice of global development experts. Sasha Fisher moved to East Africa in July 2010 to develop the Spark MicroGrants model. Her passion for community-led development stems from time spent in South Sudan, South Africa, India and Uganda. Sasha received her BA from the University of Vermont in Studio Art and a self-designed major of Human Security.
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Charles McLister is the Board President of Hopeworks in Camden, a nonprofit that uses education, technology and entrepreneurship to help Camden, New Jersey’s youth pursue secure pathways for the future. Charles is also the Chief Operating Officer of Bancroft, a regional nonprofit service provider for children and adults with autism, varied intellectual or developmental disabilities and acquired brain injuries. Charles studied psychology as an undergraduate at Penn State. He received a Master of Arts degree in applied psychological research from Penn State and an MBA from Villanova University. Before joining Bancroft, Charles was vice president of the Northern Recovery Division of CRC Health Group and the Chief Executive Officer of Fairmount Behavioral Health System. He is a certified alcohol and drug counselor and a certified clinical supervisor.
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